Impending of third-wave as India recorded a spike of 44,658 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours out of which, over 30,000 were from Kerala data updated on Friday. The country also witnessed 498 deaths, taking the death toll to 436,861.
So far, India has recorded 32,603,188 corona cases in total. Delhi reported 45 Covid-19 cases and one fatality. Kerala recorded 30,007 new Covid-19 cases. With 162 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 20,134. Test positivity rate was recorded at 18.03 per cent.
The fear of third-wave looms large as Kerala reported over 30,000 fresh cases for the second consecutive day on Thursday and even Delhi and Mumbai saw a slight surge in daily cases. Meanwhile, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that, if and when the third wave hits, it is estimated that around 6 million people will be affected.
According to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The active cases comprise 1.03 per cent of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.63 per cent, the ministry said.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
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